大材

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	material
simp. and trad. (大材)		大	材
alternative forms		大才

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcái
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: dà-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtsair
    • Palladius: дацай (dacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

大材

1. (literary) outstanding talent
2. (literary) person of great ability

Synonyms

• (person of great ability):

• 大器 (dàqì) (figurative)
• 絕才／绝才 (juécái) (literary)
• 茂士 (màoshì) (literary)
• 英才 (yīngcái)
• 豪傑／豪杰 (háojié) (literary)
• 賢材／贤材 (xiáncái) (literary)
• 高能 (gāonéng) (literary)
• 鸞鳳／鸾凤 (luánfèng) (archaic)
• 麒麟 (qílín) (literary)
• 龍虎／龙虎 (lónghǔ) (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 大材小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng)